FRIDAY FINDS is hosted by Should Be Reading and showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased). Some weeks I add several books to my list. I’ll be limiting my Friday […]
Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. This Week’s Topic October!! It is SO fall! How does your writing (place, time, inspiration, etc) change with the seasons? My Answer Although I’ve been writing since 2009, it’s only been since May of this year
Characters have a way of grabbing hold of us, don’t they? In May, I finished the first draft of my WIP, Brotherly Love, after taking a FastDraft workshop with Candace Havens. And “first draft” is definitely the appropriate term for it: There’s extraneous scenes, missing scenes, some less-than-stellar writing, and at least three attempts at an
My husband and I had a conversation about diversity and racism the other day. Our son (8 years old) is one of just a few white kids in his circle of friends, but he doesn’t even notice. He doesn’t care whether his friends are black, white, indian, or anything else. They’re just … *gasp*… people.